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Olympic speedskating medalist Jeanne Ashworth dies at 80

The Associated Press
Oct 11, 2018 7:00 am - WILMINGTON, N.Y. (AP) - Jeanne Ashworth, the first American woman to win an Olympic speedskating medal, has died. She was 80. The website of the Heald Funeral Home in El...
Betty Grissom, widow of astronaut Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, dies

By RICK CALLAHAN
Oct 10, 2018 7:00 am - Betty Lavonne Grissom, who successfully sued a NASA contractor after her husband, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, and two other astronauts died in the 1967 Apollo launch pad fire,...
Former Fairmont State coach Joe Retton dies

The Associated Press
Oct 10, 2018 7:00 am - FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) - Longtime Fairmont State University men's basketball coach Joe Retton, whose name is on the university basketball arena, has died. The university s...
Garfield Farm founder left legacy of conservation in Kane County

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Oct 10, 2018 1:00 am - In 41 years, the Garfield Farm and Inn Museum in Campton Hills expanded from 163 acres to 375 acres under the leadership of founder Martin Johnson, who died Sept. 11 at ...
George Taliaferro, 1st black drafted by NFL team, dies at 91

The Associated Press
Oct 09, 2018 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - George Taliaferro, the star Indiana running back who in 1949 became the first black player drafted in the NFL when George Halas and the Chicago ...
Arnold Kopelson, 'Platoon' producer, dies at 83

The Associated Press
Oct 08, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Arnold Kopelson, a versatile film producer whose credits ranged from the raunchy teen smash "Porky's" to the Holocaust drama "Triumph of the Spirit" to t...
Scott Wilson, 'In Cold Blood' and 'Walking Dead' actor, dies

The Associated Press
Oct 07, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scott Wilson, who played the murderer Richard Hickock in 1967's "In Cold Blood" and was a series regular on "The Walking Dead," has died. He was 76. AMC,...
Sonia Orbuch, who fought Nazis as a girl, dies in California

The Associated Press
Oct 07, 2018 7:00 am - CORTE MADERA, Calif. (AP) - Sonia Orbuch, who survived the Holocaust as a teenager in eastern Europe by joining a resistance group that was sabotaging the Nazis, has die...
Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe dies at 85

By CIARAN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON
Oct 06, 2018 7:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Montserrat Caballe, a Spanish opera singer renowned for her bel canto technique and her interpretations of the roles of Rossini, Bellini and Doni...
Ray Galton, writer of classic British sitcoms, dies at 88

The Associated Press
Oct 06, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Screenwriter Ray Galton, who co-wrote the landmark British comedy series "Hancock's Half Hour" and "Steptoe and Son," has died at 88. Galton's family said ...

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